Picture No | 10184863 |
Date | 1790 |
Description | Fieldmouse (Bewick) |
Details |
mus sylvaticus - the LONG- TAILED FIELD-MOUSE : this is the Country Mouse of Aesop's fable, who prefers to risk reapers and predator birds to adopting an urban lifestyle.
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Source | Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in his General History of Quadrupeds (1790) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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